46 TRAGICAL EVENT. 



man, told mo that, when in Norway some years ago, 

 he and a friend thus bagged in a ie\y days nineteen 

 and a half brace of those birds. 



When shooting Capercali, or, indeed, any other kind 

 of game in cover, with a pointer, it was my custom to 

 hunt him with a bell about his neck, which I found an 

 immense advantage ; for if the bell suddenly ceased 

 ringing, I was pretty sure, on proceeding to the spot, to 

 find the dog at a point. It might be supposed the bell 

 would alarm the birds, but this did not appear to be 

 the case, probably because they were accustomed to the 

 sound of it, as one or more of a herd of cattle pasturing 

 in the northern forests is almost always provided with 

 that appendage. 



As regards the country about Ronnurn the place of 

 my late residence the best Capercali shooting was on the 

 hills of Hunnebcrg* and Halleberg. But these being 

 lloyal domains and strictly preserved, it was only once 

 in a time, by the courtesy of M. Sandelhjelrn, the late 

 Governor of the province of Wcnersborg, that I obtained 

 access to them. On these occasions I was always accom- 

 panied, agreeably to rule, by a keeper, and more than 

 once by an individual named Mork, who some years 

 subsequently met with a very sad fate. 



He had been missing from home for some time, and 

 after several days' search by a large body of men, called 

 out by the authorities for the purpose, his mangled 

 remains were at length found under a heap of brushwood, 

 evidently cast over them by his murderer. A peasant 



* Or mountain of the J/i'im. It may IK- desei -\ in;,' t' notice, thai 

 tin- remembrance of the d'oiha is preserved in the S\vedi>h name- of (lali-r 

 Gijtltluiul, \Vealer-<i'<itlJ<ui'l, OotUand, Qttkt rixer, A-c. ; and I think Sweden 

 i- tin' milv rimntrv in Hiiro) M- that can -lio\\ localities named after (hat 

 >nr.- MI powerful nation. The Swedish monarch, it nia\ lie added. ;-lill 



the title ,.f lli. ' Kill'.: "f the Uotll-. 



